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Well yes we do! Its time for the annual Sarsen Trail and Neolithic Marathon which are money raising events for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. This is a smashing event with something for everyone. There are a number of categories including a … Continue reading →

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Bad weather isn’t always bad news, and in Co. Galway the recent storms have revealed what may well be a Neolithic settlement. Local archaeologist Michael Gibbons believes the site which has been exposed in section on the island of Omey … Continue reading →

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Following his year long residency at Stonehenge, Mark Anstee has made a souvenir for fellow grand tourists. ‘Stonehenge Portal’ – is a limited edition print from his silverpoint drawing of an accidental trilithon. The drawing was made at Stonehenge between March and July 2013 and took … Continue reading →

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Word reaches us that Archaeology South-East have, as part of a larger multi-period excavation, found what could be evidence of a mortuary structure used for excarnation. The dig near Horsham has pushed back the dates of human occupation of the … Continue reading →

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We here a neolithicbritain.org are a cosmopolitan lot, unafraid to dip our toes into the world of Neolithic Europe should the need arise; and it has. Word reaches us from Prof Tim Darvill of an exciting exhibition in State Museum … Continue reading →

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There is an interesting new book coming soon, written by Prof Colin Richards of the University of Manchester and published by Windgather Press. In Building the Great Stone Circles of the North Prof Richards investigates the stone circles from Orkney to … Continue reading →

There are interesting developments over at the Bamburgh Research Project. It seems that the team have found a paddle and a brushwood platform which is thought to date to the Early Neolithic. Full report here: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bamburgh-archaeological-dig-unearths-stunning-6196560

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Among this years Antiquity awards is the Ben Cullen prize and this years the winners are Tim Darvill, Peter Marshall, Mike Parker Pearson and Geoff Wainwright for their paper “Stonehenge Remodelled”. The paper traces the history of the archaeological interpretation … Continue reading →

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News reaches us of the successful, if that’s the right word, conclusion of one man’s struggle with the powers that be in his bid to ‘re-create’ a Neolithic long barrow. The project is set to begin next spring, and we … Continue reading →

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There’s an interesting new post on the Cutting Edge Chronicles – the subject is Jadeite axes and some of the examples from the Hunterian Collection in Glasgow. It seems that they were overlooked in a recent study. If you are … Continue reading →